know that the Lord will no more destroy these nations from before you; and they will be to you snares and stumbling blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until you are destroyed from off this good land, which the Lord your God has given you.

For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities- let their strength be utterly exhausted.

then let the thistles come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.

Thistles and snares are in perverse ways, but he that keeps his soul will refrain from them.

If you let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down.

And I will forsake My vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

And it shall come to pass in that day, [for] every place where there shall be a thousand vines at a thousand shekels, they shall become barren land and thorns.

[As for] the land of my people, the thorn and grass shall come upon [it], and joy shall be removed from every house.

For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Break up fresh ground for yourselves, and sow not among thorns.

Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them. Be ashamed of your boasting, because of [your] reproach before the Lord.

But others fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them out.

but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, of which the end [is] for burning.

and said, I myself came forth naked from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away. As it seemed good to the Lord, so has it come to pass; blessed be the name of the Lord.

Turn not man back to [his] low place, whereas You said, Return, you sons of men?

who cover Yourself with light as with a garment; spreading out the heaven as a curtain.

He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herbs for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth;

and wine makes glad the heart of man, to make his face cheerful with oil; and bread strengthens man's heart.

One indeed believes that he may eat all things, but another, being weak, eats [only] vegetables.